Public Health Scotland. (2024) Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI): monitoring blood-borne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Scotland, 2008–09 to 2022–23. Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
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The aim of the Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) is to measure and monitor the prevalence of blood-borne viruses (hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV), other health harms, risk behaviours and uptake of harm reduction and health services among people who inject drugs in Scotland.
NESI is a key source of data to monitor and evaluate progress, nationally and locally, against Scotland’s blood-borne virus strategies, including the Scottish Government’s Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Action Plan and associated strategies on HCV elimination and HIV transmission elimination. This report, alongside the data tables, presents the results of the latest NESI survey, undertaken in 2022-23.
Results are presented at a Scotland level across the eight surveys undertaken to date (from 2008-09 through to 2022-23), and at NHS board level for the 2022-23 survey.
B Substances > Cocaine > Crack cocaine
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Heroin
G Health and disease > State of health > Physical health
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Needle (sharing / injecting)
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Viral disease / infection
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > HIV
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Hepatitis B (HBV)
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Hepatitis C (HCV)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control > Needle syringe distribution and exchange
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
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